A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Four years after special autonomy legislation came into effect in Papua, it has been called a failure for not living up to…

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has denied reports that the world's biggest gold and copper mining company was…

Jakarta – The spokesman of ther Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Aceh Irwandi Yusuf confirmed that GAM high-ranking officials, Hasan Tiro…

Jakarta – Five years after entering into a legal process against her employer, Marni Abyim, 25, was finally awarded a payout.

Working as a…

Jakarta – After the chaos that met the first disbursement of the government's cash assistance program in October, the first day of the second…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Sawmill owners operating in West Lampung can easily get permits saying wood taken from the Bukit Barisan Selatan…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Consistent law enforcement remained elusive in 2005, which a legal aid foundation said was the fault of the Supreme Court…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Debate over the need to request a delay on the payment of government debts, both interest and principal, from overseas…

Tom Benedetti, Vancouver – The attention that the tsunami brought to the previously overlooked conflict in the Indonesian province of Aceh is…

Stevie Emilia, Jakarta – When the world's biggest timber smuggling operation from Papua to China was exposed last year, it marked a turning point…

The first phase of the Aceh peace agreement ended pretty much on schedule before the turn of the year. The Indonesian Military (TNI) withdrew the…

Abdi Mari, Palu – Authorities searched Sunday for the suspected Islamic militants who set off a bomb at a Christian market in central Indonesia,…

Canberra – It may have become a big deal later, but East Timor did not figure prominently in the deliberations of the Whitlam government in its…

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – A dark cloud appears to be dogging PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) following news reports exposing its payments to…

Abdi Mari, Palu – A bomb tore through a meat market crowded with people shopping for New Year's celebrations Saturday in an Indonesian province…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – With ailing Garuda Indonesia unlikely to get back in the black anytime soon, Vice President Jusuf Kalla, in response…

Jakarta – NGO activists consider think that the security of foreign companies such as Freeport McMoran must be provided as a compensation for tax…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) announced on Friday its latest reshuffle affecting three-star generals, including former…

This time last year, we ended 2004 on an extremely subdued note. The powerful earthquake and massive tsunami that killed over 160,000 people and…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu/Jakarta – Conservative Muslim groups have openly campaigned against transvestism and the use of condoms.

They rallied…

Jakarta – Indonesia's defense minister called Friday for an investigation into allegations that a US gold-mining giant paid US$20 million to…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – In a move that many saw as unnecessary, Jakarta Police declared on Thursday Lia Eden and 32 of her followers suspects for…

Muridan S. Widjojo, Jakarta – The meeting between Vice President Jusuf Kalla, flanked by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Minister of Defense Juwono Sudarsono has told local and international companies not to make direct payments to the…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Jakartans' out of sight, out of mind attitude to domestic and industrial waste has caused the city's 13 rivers to become…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – The Tangerang municipal administration destroyed on Thursday thousands of bottles of name-brand alcoholic…

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – For over 30 years, Wati has never enjoyed "free" public services. Each time she renews her ID card, her driver's…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) complained on Thursday over a lack of support from other state…

Mark Dodd – Notorious former East Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres is to return home with a personal guarantee for his safety by the…

Jakarta – Dozens of local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have sent a letter to President Susilo Bambang…

Jakarta – In spite of mounting criticism of his administration following the fuel price increases, the latest survey shows that President Susilo…

Jakarta – An EU-led team monitoring a peace deal in tsunami-ravaged Aceh province will extend its mission by at least three more…

Before the tsunami, Banda Aceh was a ghost town at night except for patrols of feared paramilitary police. In the mornings, corpses scarred by…

Jakarta – Twenty-two women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Indonesia and foreign countries have urged the Indonesian…

Slobodan Lekic, Jakarta – Indonesia's military acknowledged for the first time Thursday that its commanders in Papua had received "support" from a…

Tiarma Siboro and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Former Trikora Military Commander in Papua Maj. Gen. Mahidin Simbolon has confirmed direct payments from…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – A group of human rights activists has asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to order the police to continue the…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Some 250 residents observed the 7th anniversary of the Poso conflict on Wednesday by staging a protest outside the Central…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has requested that the government immediately halt illegal logging in Southeast Aceh…

Rita A. Widiadana, Kuta – Only a few days before the deadly bombing of Oct. 1, 2005, the tourism industry in Bali and other places in Indonesia…

John Aglionby, Jakarta – Indonesia is today scheduled to complete the withdrawal of its 21,000 non-local soldiers from Aceh as part of a peace…

Lisabona Rahman and Paul F. Agusta, Contributors, Jakarta – Indonesian cinema saw an eventful year in 2005, with more than 50 titles either…

Jakarta – An object of resentment as it often seen as a source of sound and air pollution in the capital, the three-wheeled diesel-…

Jakarta – The Reform Star Party (PBR) has ended its internal rift during a meeting mediated by Aksa Mahmud, a deputy speaker of the…

A'an Suryana and Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Ignoring mounting criticism, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has approved a plan for the Indonesian…

A'an Suryana and Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) announced the dissolution of its military wing here on Tuesday in another…

Dorothy Kosich – It was only a matter of time until the New York Times "investigative" series on gold mining would highlight the track record of…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Jayapura Military Court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to six years in jail for killing a civilian in Papua.…

East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao and former pro-Jakarta militia leader Eurico Guterres agreed Tuesday to work toward…

Nani Afrida, special to The Seattle Times – It has been one year since the tsunami devastated Aceh. What Aceh looked and felt like when the…